Monthly precipitation samples were collected at Tsukuba City from 1992 to 2006, and isotope ratios of oxygen and hydrogen were analyzed for all samples. The isotope ratios of monthly precipitation have no remarkable trend in their seasonal change
The return of regulation in the shopping landscape ? Reflecting on the persistent power of city centre preservation within shifting retail planning ideologies
Deregulation ; Ideology ; Inner city ; Netherlands (The) ; Planning ; Regulation ; Retail trade ; Shopping centre
Determinants of residential location choice : how important are local public goods in attracting homeowners to central city location
Collective goods ; Inner city ; Location ; Logit model ; Ohio ; Public service ; Residential choice ; Residential location ; Suburbanization ; United States of America
Changes of resource use patterns and state policies since 1978 : a political ecology of the rural Beijing City, China
The aim of this study is to illustrate the changing relationship between resource use patterns and state policies in the rural area of Beijing City from the viewpoint of political ecology in China's rapid economic growth. Policies of state and local
government have lead to diversified resource use patterns on farmland in Beijing City. The change of state policies has not damaged local natural environment, it has been somehow improved in the past twenty years.
Liberating the city : between New York and New Orleans
Classe moyenne ; Crise urbaine ; Economie urbaine ; Entreprise ; Etats-Unis ; Idéologie ; New Orleans ; New York City ; Néolibéralisme ; Politique urbaine ; Reconstruction
Enterprise ; Ideology ; Middle class ; Neo liberalism ; New York City ; United States of America ; Urban crisis ; Urban economy ; Urban policy
The right to stay put, revisited : gentrification and resistance to displacement in New York City
Classe sociale ; Embourgeoisement ; Etats-Unis ; Marché du logement ; Mobilité résidentielle ; Modélisation ; New York City ; Niveau de vie ; Politique urbaine ; Quartier ; Société urbaine
Gentrification ; Housing market ; Living standard ; Modelling ; New York City ; Residential mobility ; Social class ; United States of America ; Urban district ; Urban policy ; Urban society
of the phenomenon. Fifteen chapters show that the spread of privately organised and secured housing developments represents a distinct shift in the way cities are organised and create micro-territories with their own distinct constitutions. They serve to break down
While urban growth is still persistent as the dominant paradigm in urban planning and development, the fact is that every fourth large city in the world was shrinking as early as in the 1990s. Furthermore, demographic forecasts are suggesting
that the number of cities losing population - and economic power - is set to increase rapidly. This article explains the mechanism underpinning the shrinking process in general, as well as describing the symptoms and reasons for urban decay in Detroit, one
of the world's best-known cases of a shrinking city. The work concludes with an examination of the impact of grassroots initiatives, such as community gardens, on urban renewal in abandoned areas. - (BJ)
The aim of the paper is to discuss the issue of territorial communities in a large city and to propose a categorisation of those structures and a notional systematisation thereof. To achieve this aim, the discussion adopts a systems approach
to the city whose starting point is the concept of the territorial social system. The issues presented subsequently include : (a) basic territorial social structures in the city : sub-neighbourhood, neighbourhood and local community ; (b) basic internal
The concept of territorial (city, town or regional) marketing is based on institutionalized support for interactive communication between the demand side (inhabitants and tourists) and the supply side (local authorities, public services
and entrepreneurs). The concept is a new management approach in the social and economic development of cities and regions, as focused on the needs of several focus groups. The present contribution deals with the application of city and regional marketing in general
Although research on city-hinterland-migration has been conducted in this region for almost four decades, only insufficient comparisons of the findings for different cities and years are available. Using meta-analysis, the paper summarizes
and compares the existing studies in terms of year of data collection, research method, as well as characteristics of individual cities, such as density and population size. The results of this study contribute to a better understanding and a methodical
With urban development issues being central to political agendas in many Italian and European cities, this article will take a look at the European context of these development initiatives. It will give examples from three European cities which can
for many Italian cities working on similar programs of urban change. - (NF)